Tsunamis are very bad in real life. But they are real fun to make! Here's how to make a tsunami movie!

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Learn about tsunamis. Know where they form and how tall they can get.

2

Plan a setting. It can be as simple as a normal tsunami hitting a small village in Oregon to a massive tsunami hitting New York City.

3

Plan your characters. Have a protagonist, deuteragonist, and an antagonist.

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In the beginning, make the town sound calm. Have them roam life like nothing is going to happen. Best if your protagonist and antagonist have problems together.

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In the beginning, have beaches close because of waves being too high. That gives viewers scared because a possible tsunami.

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Have the tsunami warning about 25-30 minutes into the movie.

Best if the people in the city start riots and looting and scream and evacuate.

The news should say that the tsunami is going to be the tallest in history.

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Have the tsunami destroy the city!

If the tsunami is at the very end, show the city underwater, preferably the landmarks, then the credits.

If the tsunami isn't at the end, have the characters run and hide from the huge wave. Have at least one character die. Then the rest of your movie can be whatever you want!

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Have someone die.

Don't underestimate the power of tsunamis, especially if you're going for realism. Tsunamis don't simply just put buildings underwater. They cause major destruction, and they don't have to be hundreds of feet high to do so (and if your wave is the tallest in history, a city would be completely wiped out).

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